Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents:The Emerging role and technology of adult education -- Organizing and administering comprehensive programs of adult education -- Helping adults learn -- Appendix A: Correspondence with the publishers of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries regarding 'Andragogy" -- Appendix B: Competencies of the role of adult educator:self diagnostic rating scale -- Appendix C: Life tasks of American adults -- Appendix D: Toward a model of lifelong education -- Appendix E: Some papers, research reports and experiments on andragogy -- Appendix F: Chapter 5 exhibits: policy statements -- Appendix G: Chapter 7exhibits: Statements of purposes and objectives -- Appendix H: Chapter 8 exhibits: sample program designs -- Appendix I: Chapter 9 exhibits: tools for operating programs -- Appendix J: Chapter 10 exhibits: evaluation materials -- Appendix K: Chapter 11 exhibits: some tools for conducting learning activities.